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'Even BABIES must wear the burka': Saudi cleric says

A Saudi cleric has sparked outrage by declaring that baby girls must wear the burka.Sheikh Abdullah Daoud, who said all female newborns should wear the veil, insisted the burkas would help to protect the infants against the threat of sexual attacks.His comments, made in an interview with an Islamic television station that has surfaced online, have been widely condemned as 'disturbing' and harmful to the religion.

Shocking: Saudi cleric Sheikh Abdullah Daoud has provoked outrage by suggesting that babies should wear burkas to protect them against the threat of sexual attacks

In the interview broadcast on al-Majd TV last year, Sheikh Daoud cited instances of babies being sexually molested in Saudi Arabia, and quoted unnamed medical and security sources, a report on Al Arabiya News said.After the footage suddenly spread across the internet this week, commentators called for the cleric to be held accountable for his unregulated fatwa, which they said was damaging to Islam.Islamic law holds that women should wear the veil after they reach puberty.

Sheikh Mohammed al-Jzlana, a former judge at the Saudi Board of Grievances, told the news channel that Sheikh Daoud's remarks had made the faith look bad.Heurged people to ignore unofficial religious edicts, which he said were administered under special regulations set by Saudi authorities, which also appoints those entitled to issue them.The former judge said covering baby girls with burkas was 'an injustice' to children.

Islamic law holds that women should wear the veil after they reach puberty

People like him who interprets the Koran according to their wishes are very dangerous for Islam. They are doing more harm then the Terrorists does.

The irony is that they are not accountable for such irresposible fatwas & remarks but if someone says slightly against Koran they are killed mercilessly.

I think many people ask them such type of queries - like whether Saif-Kareena marriage is valid? whether women should work as receptionist? Whether photo of girl should be send during marriage proposals? etc etc.
Its better for people to use more common sense in daily life issues than asking questions to these people.

He's spoken of something most would say has nothing to do with Islam. Therefore, this is blasphemy. Why isn't he being punished in the same way they punish other blasphemers ? Or are there various levels of blasphemy ? All in all, it would be much better not to have a religion. No religion no misinterpretations, it's as simple as that. I remember one Saudi cleric who said the world is flat and that if anybody said it was round - they were kafirs . lol